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Footsteps of Duty:

The ports of call of the USS Gillette DE-681

The following was transcribed from an original copy of the USS Gillette Newsletter, published October 27, 1945:

Boston, Massachusetts

Hamilton, Bermuda

Guantanamo, Cuba

Colon, Panama

Balboa, Panama

Santiago, Cuba

Barranquilla, Columbia

Port Limon, Costa Rica

Bizerte, Tunisia

Plymouth, England

Portland, Maine

New York, New York

Oran, Algeria

Norfolk, Virginia

Grennock, Scotland

Charleston, South Carolina

Portsmouth, Virginia

Horta, Azores

Milford Haven, Wales

New London, Connecticut

Borabora, Society Is.

Manus, Admiralty Is.

Hollandia, New Guinea

Galapagos, Equator

Corregidor, Luzon, P.I.

Manila, Luzon, P.I.

San Pedro Bay, Leyte, P.I.

Puerto Princesa, Palawan Is.

Biak, New Guinea

Tolosa, Leyte Gulf

Subic Bay, Luzon, P.I.

Ulithi, Caroline Is.

Manicani Is., Leyte Gulf

Iloilo, Panay, P.I.

Hagushi Anch., Okinawa

Cebu Harbor, Cebu Is.

Morotai Harbor, Morotai

Parang, Mindinao, P.I.

Polloc Harbor, Mindinao, P.I.

Tacloban, Leyte Gulf

Cagayan, Macajalar Bay

Zamboanga Harbor, Mindinao, P.I.

Calicoan Is., Leyte

Tokyo Bay, Japan

The following ports of call were excluded from the above newsletter:

Dalawan Bay, Palawan Is.

San Diego, California

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Everyone's favorite port of call is the one called 'HOME'...

 

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